Redhawk Caldera A day in the life of a try-hard

"Uhm, yeah," Eljay said with an uneasy smile. "I don't think I ever met anyone with a name that's also a word. Uh, except for animal names." Aunt Fox and Uncle P had children with animal names, but apart from that Eljay didn't recall meeting anyone with a name like 'trick'. He wondered silently if the boy also was tricky, or liked to play tricks on others, but didn't dare ask in case such a question would be offensive.

Eljay was envious that Trick seemed to not need a lot of food — he always seemed to be lacking. Eljay wished he'd get to a point where he'd feel he was contributing rather than just taking, but it still seemed far away now. When Trick asked about mommy, Eljay nodded, surprised that Trick had already met Lagan and mommy. Maybe he'd been out looking for food then, too. "Uhm, yeah. Lagan's my baby brother." He loved his siblings a lot, more than anything in the world except for mommy and daddy. His face fell a little as he then thought of poor lost little Lucy, and daddy who was out looking for her...